Education & Training

Medical Training and Certifications

Dr. Michelle Copeland is certified by the American Board of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. She is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the American College of Maxillofacial Surgeons, and other professional societies. Dr. Copeland is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is an attending surgeon at the Mount Sinai Medical Center.

Dr. Copeland was the first woman plastic surgeon in the United States to earn combined doctoral degrees in both medicine and dentistry from Harvard University. After residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, she returned to her native New York City for advanced training in general surgery at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. After fellowship training, Dr. Copeland joined the staff at the Division of Plastic Surgery at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in 1985 and served as Chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery for the Mount Sinai Services at the City Hospital Center in Elmhurst, New York.

Board Certification:

American Board of Plastic Surgery

Education:

B.A.: New York University

D.M.D., magna cum laude: Harvard School of Dental Medicine

M.D.: Harvard Medical School

Clinical and Research Fellowship in Maxillofacial Surgery: Massachusetts General Hospital

Residencies in General Surgery: New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center and The Mount Sinai Medical Center

Fellowship in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: State University of New York—Downstate Medical Center

Society Memberships:

American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities

American College of Surgeons

American Medical Association

National Committee on Domestic Violence

American Medical Women's Association

Women's Medical Association of New York City

American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons

American Society of Plastic Surgeons

Women Plastic Surgeons' Caucus

American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery

Association of Women Surgeons

Harvard Odontological Society

Health, Medicine and Research Partners (HMR Partners) of the Society of Women's Health Research

Lipoplasty Society New York County Medical Society

New York Regional Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

New York Surgical Society

Northeastern Regional Society of Plastic Surgeons

Omicron Kappa Upsilon, National Dental Honor Society

New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists

Hospital Affiliations:

Mount Sinai Medical Center

Teaching Appointments:

Assistant Professor Of Clinical Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai